Pool Landscaping: Tips for Every Pool Owner
If you have a swimming pool, you know that it is the gathering place for your family--and maybe for the entire neighborhood--during the summertime. And you’ve wanted to spruce it up so that this summer, those poolside get-togethers will be even more enjoyable. You know that some pool landscaping is in order, but you need suggestions on how to do it in the least amount of time for the least amount of money.
The type of pool landscaping you need depends on type of swimming pool you own. The process of in ground pool landscaping is entirely different from that of above ground pool landscaping. Either way, decide if you want your poll landscaping to be simple or elaborate.
In Ground Pool
A simple approach to in ground pool landscaping is the use of flower barrels. Decide how large you would like each flower barrel to be; you can use either natural wood barrels or some you have painted to match your pool furniture.
You’ll find barrels at your local home and garden store; while you’re there also pick up potting soil and flowering plants. Fill each barrel with soil, add the plants, and you’re done.
For a more finished look, and to help the soil in the barrels retain moisture, you can add a layer of mulch. And to save yourself the work of fertilizing the flowers all summer long, you can buy potting soil enriched with plant food.
Avoid planting shrubbery so close to your in ground pool that its roots can spread and puncture the pool’s walls. It has happened, much to the chagrin of many pool owners. Keeping your in ground pool landscaping simple will spare you such disasters.
Above Ground Pool
Avoid long-rooted plants and shrubs when doing above ground pool landscaping as well. You can still landscape your pool attractively by putting in a border of blooming plants around its base. Or, if your above ground pool is surrounded by a deck, you can use the flower barrel pool landscaping technique.
If you’d like pool landscaping which is a little more elaborate, collaborating with a landscaping professional will help you come up with an effective design which does not endanger your pool in any way. You can also do an Internet search on pool landscaping; you’ll find many websites offering pool landscaping ideas and tips from other home swimming pool owners.
A little research can go a long way to making your newly-landscaped pool the hit of the summer!